The summer surge of COVID-19 infections has begun earlier and at higher levels than in previous years. As the <em>Washington Post</em> notes, the entire public health apparatus has been dismantled, allowing the virus free rein to spread unhindered.
When the dust settles, the new government must focus on unity, economic growth and development. South Africans will elect their seventh democratic Parliament in two days, with the final results expected by 2 June. This will be an anxious week as we await the type of coalition and leadership that will govern for the next five years.
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The word ‘meritocracy' was used in the 1950s as a warning of a tyranny in which the cleverest, or rather most educated, ruled society and passed on their privilege. That dystopia has now arrived.